Ukrainian Information Policy Ministry asks Facebook to shut down 'DPR,' 'LPR' accounts, groups

11:14, 07.07.2018 1 min read

The Ukrainian Information Policy Ministry has sent a letter to the Facebook top management asking for the end of blocking Ukrainian users by the social network and the end of spreading the fake news and propaganda of the Russian Federation and the so-called "Donetsk and Luhansk People's Republics" ("DPR" and "LPR"), which are controlled by Russia.

"The Information Policy Ministry notes that Facebook official standards stipulate that the community does not allow the presence of organizations and persons involved in terrorist activity, organized hate campaign, mass or serial killings on the social network. And Ukrainian bodies of state power designate 'DPR' and 'LPR' precisely as terrorist organizations," the Information Policy Ministry said in a statement on its Facebook page on Friday.

Besides, the Ukrainian Information Policy Ministry seeks the Facebook top management to make it impossible to use this social network's tools as a method of restricting the freedom of speech to Ukrainian activists, tackling a hybrid war with Russia.